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Thanksgiving should be about soldiers

Soldiers in their first week of basic training sit down to a traditional Thanksgiving meal at Fort Jackson.
Soldiers in their first week of basic training sit down to a traditional Thanksgiving meal at Fort Jackson. tglantz@thestate.com

I was very disappointed by The State’s choice of content for the front page on Thanksgiving.

Although it did include a wispy Happy Thanksgiving at the top of the page, headlines about “disaster” and “so much sadness” crowded the front page.

Your photographs of “A Soldier’s Thanksgiving” would have been a better selection for the front page.

Please reserve the front page of future Thanksgiving issues exclusively and positively to the men and women who serve in the U.S. military.

Thomas P. McHugh

Irmo

This story was originally published December 10, 2017 at 7:17 PM with the headline "Thanksgiving should be about soldiers."

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